Opinion: Obama's GOP Cover

11/15/2012 2:00PM

New York Post editorial writer Robert George on President Obama's performance in his press conference and Mitt Romney's blaming his defeat on Obama's "gifts" to the electorate. Photo credit: Getty Images.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

... I ... the ... the ... in its first ... conference since being re elected last week ... we'll examine what he set about to offer trance the fiscal cliff ... and comprehensive immigration reform ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live on Jason Riley and my first guest is ... New York Post editorial writer Robert George to talk about ... the president's presser yesterday welcome Robert a PC TV so I'm ... what jumped out to you about is two meters tall and twenty and so ... there was an interesting ... shift in body language ... name even if the very beginning when it was all about the ... fiscal cliff and raising taxes on the onthe and that the two percent of what ... it was a was a very ... it probably will come to light my greenie was like the old ... sofa effervescent so Friday ... was built to look ... for a free like books with great ... bravery assertive and ... prevent culpable in the latest is the same feeling like you get the win in his back ... when it switched over to a Susan Rice ... and then got C ... I'm very very different time sitting with defensive ... mohawk almost a tool that that kind of petulant ... prison Obama the I ... began to think you know how to how dear they can come after the says in essence it says what is a repeat of politics or so ... anyone who's looking when you go also to one uses it to be a ... very very magnanimous ... Jennifer trades for the temple ... but when it switched to you ... cinnamon paintings and blame going after ... going and going out too writes it was a bit was a very was very kind of ... harsh not very pleasant ... I'm looking for a present when to switch gears a little because Mitt Romney also gave up on a conference call that a conference call with reporters and donors yesterday ... and I wanted to get your reaction to that of ... starting with whether this was the right time to do it is that when when that form ... the soon after the election to be ... out there trying to explain one rung below will that that that this was wrong on so many levels ... let's just cut a good book and brass tacks on on and tons of politics ... it's not unusual for me on both time both teams if he were ... to do a ... a look back to what would my two if you must let you know what when wrong that's not so surprising ... but ... no one if you've been a key if you wanted to steal thank you don't receive even less to do nothing the donors and give them a little bit of insight ... um ... you don't know doing what reporter so that's just that's just a guess is forced to dip into food standards because ... you wanna be candid twenty one in which you can really be candid if you don't have ... to resign ... secondly ... he he he he began when into this whole issue on the fact that ... the Democrats won because the present ... and promised get the CIA is exactly the point of her somebody race I like this it's basically ... a repackaging what they mean this in some salt from during the campaign after that came out which is ... on for Chile in the reasons all of these issues that had always been really and substance of the heart of the mommy campaign what is he really believe any easy just saying certain things in funds that it didn't fit its audiences I think frankly ... the forty seven percent comments and that gives suggest that's that is the real you know that is true that long ... but I think it's I think it's something we need to point out here ... I think it's very dangerous for Republicans to start going down this road it isn't good to see ... Governor Jim doled out money is tight on that could be pushed back of a wiser ... and just so people know what he says of the governor of Louisiana so that aam ... we need to be going after a hundred percent of the electorate not fifty ... three percent of that which is the roundabout reference to the forty one percent ... I will say that Romney is not the only one out there making this idea some of my last night is ... what ... I've been hearing this race the mother Research is a phrase that the bombing and it's the thought that a larger point that that what they're trying to do is to blame voters forget that the sort of ... what's the matter with Kansas argument is on the right that's exactly ... what is wrong with these people reluctant Obama is that it was our guy of the campaign he ran ... it is that the voters is something fundamentally when silat training and I think that's very ... dangerous routes also something the left is much better doing in which ... the snow when the left is is that are doing it and keep and keep in mind it was made Romney and Paul Ryan who in a sense almost one getting over the whole Mencken thing to know where to put that was seven yes seven hundred billion ... in the season on Fox the silly nonsensical basically is saying it will be that the Democrats keep their gifts that we would try to